Hire Dr. Sayoni Das
Molecular Biology Expert

Summary

• Bioinformatician and trained biotechnologist, having a special interest in making sense of genomic data and protein research. • Experience in experiment design, literature review, paper/review writing

Subject Matter Expertise

• Molecular Biology
• Bioinformatics
• Biotechnology
• Genetics & Genomics
• Proteins & Peptides
• Biochemistry
• Microbiology
• Structural Biology
• Molecular Evolution
• Research & Development
• Nanobiotechnology
• Computer Programming

Services

• Writing
• Scientific consulting
• Data Science
• Statistical review
• Experiment design
• Editing
• Literature search
• Other

Work Experience

• Post-doctoral Research Associate

  University College London

  July 2016 - Present

Education

• PhD in Structural Molecular and Computational Biology

  University College London

  September 2012 - June 2016

• M.S (Research) in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology

  IIT Delhi

  August 2010 - June 2012

• B.Tech Biotecnology

  West Bengal University of Technology

  August 2006 - June 2010

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE
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• {"ProfilePublicationId":12157,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Das2016,title = {Novel Computational Protocols for Functionally Classifying and Characterising Serine Beta-Lactamases},journal = {PLoS Computational Biology},year = {2016},volume = {12},number = {6},author = {Lee, D. and Das, S. and Dawson, N.L. and Dobrijevic, D. and Ward, J. and Orengo, C.}}","JournalTitle":"PLoS Computational Biology","Title":"Novel Computational Protocols for Functionally Classifying and Characterising Serine Beta-Lactamases","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004926","Date":"2016-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978909761\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":50227,"ProfilePublicationId":12157,"ContributorName":"Orengo, C.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50226,"ProfilePublicationId":12157,"ContributorName":"Ward, J.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50225,"ProfilePublicationId":12157,"ContributorName":"Dobrijevic, D.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50224,"ProfilePublicationId":12157,"ContributorName":"Dawson, N.L.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50223,"ProfilePublicationId":12157,"ContributorName":"Das, S.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50222,"ProfilePublicationId":12157,"ContributorName":"Lee, D.","CountributorRole":""}]}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":12158,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Das2016,title = {Protein function annotation using protein domain family resources},journal = {Methods},year = {2016},volume = {93},pages = {24-34},author = {Das, S. and Orengo, C.A.}}","JournalTitle":"Methods","Title":"Protein function annotation using protein domain family resources","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.09.029","Date":"2016-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84953241659\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":50229,"ProfilePublicationId":12158,"ContributorName":"Orengo, C.A.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50228,"ProfilePublicationId":12158,"ContributorName":"Das, S.","CountributorRole":""}]}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":12159,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Das2015,title = {CATH FunFHMMer web server: protein functional annotations using functional family assignments},journal = {Nucleic acids research},year = {2015},volume = {43},number = {W1},pages = {W148-W153},author = {Das, S. and Sillitoe, I. and Lee, D. and Lees, J.G. and Dawson, N.L. and Ward, J. and Orengo, C.A.}}","JournalTitle":"Nucleic acids research","Title":"CATH FunFHMMer web server: protein functional annotations using functional family assignments","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1093/nar/gkv488","Date":"2015-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84979865064\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":50236,"ProfilePublicationId":12159,"ContributorName":"Orengo, C.A.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50235,"ProfilePublicationId":12159,"ContributorName":"Ward, J.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50234,"ProfilePublicationId":12159,"ContributorName":"Dawson, N.L.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50233,"ProfilePublicationId":12159,"ContributorName":"Lees, J.G.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50232,"ProfilePublicationId":12159,"ContributorName":"Lee, D.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50231,"ProfilePublicationId":12159,"ContributorName":"Sillitoe, I.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50230,"ProfilePublicationId":12159,"ContributorName":"Das, S.","CountributorRole":""}]}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Das2015,title = {CATH: Comprehensive structural and functional annotations for genome sequences},journal = {Nucleic Acids Research},year = {2015},volume = {43},number = {D1},pages = {D376-D381},author = {Sillitoe, I. and Lewis, T.E. and Cuff, A. and Das, S. and Ashford, P. and Dawson, N.L. and Furnham, N. and Laskowski, R.A. and Lee, D. and Lees, J.G. and Lehtinen, S. and Studer, R.A. and Thornton, J. and Orengo, C.A.}}","JournalTitle":"Nucleic Acids Research","Title":"CATH: Comprehensive structural and functional annotations for genome sequences","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1093/nar/gku947","Date":"2015-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84941039390\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":50250,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Orengo, C.A.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50249,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Thornton, J.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50248,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Studer, R.A.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50247,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Lehtinen, S.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50246,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Lees, J.G.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50245,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Lee, D.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50244,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Laskowski, R.A.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50243,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Furnham, N.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50242,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Dawson, N.L.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50241,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Ashford, P.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50240,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Das, S.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50239,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Cuff, A.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50238,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Lewis, T.E.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50237,"ProfilePublicationId":12160,"ContributorName":"Sillitoe, I.","CountributorRole":""}]}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":12161,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Das2015,title = {Diversity in protein domain superfamilies},journal = {Current Opinion in Genetics and Development},year = {2015},volume = {35},pages = {40-49},author = {Das, S. and Dawson, N.L. and Orengo, C.A.}}","JournalTitle":"Current Opinion in Genetics and Development","Title":"Diversity in protein domain superfamilies","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1016/j.gde.2015.09.005","Date":"2015-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84943513626\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":50253,"ProfilePublicationId":12161,"ContributorName":"Orengo, C.A.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50252,"ProfilePublicationId":12161,"ContributorName":"Dawson, N.L.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50251,"ProfilePublicationId":12161,"ContributorName":"Das, S.","CountributorRole":""}]}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":12162,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Das2015,title = {Highlights of the 1st Student Symposium of the ISCB RSG UK},journal = {F1000Research},year = {2015},volume = {4},author = {Hassan, M. and Rahman, F. and Farmer, R. and Das, S. and Vayani, F.}}","JournalTitle":"F1000Research","Title":"Highlights of the 1st Student Symposium of the ISCB RSG UK","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.12688/f1000research.6616.1","Date":"2015-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964637857\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":50258,"ProfilePublicationId":12162,"ContributorName":"Vayani, F.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50257,"ProfilePublicationId":12162,"ContributorName":"Das, S.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50256,"ProfilePublicationId":12162,"ContributorName":"Farmer, R.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50255,"ProfilePublicationId":12162,"ContributorName":"Rahman, F.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50254,"ProfilePublicationId":12162,"ContributorName":"Hassan, M.","CountributorRole":""}]}
• {"ProfilePublicationId":12163,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Das2014,title = {Functional classification of CATH superfamilies: A domain-based approach for protein function annotation},journal = {Bioinformatics},year = {2014},volume = {31},number = {21},pages = {3460-3467},author = {Das, S. and Lee, D. and Sillitoe, I. and Dawson, N.L. and Lees, J.G. and Orengo, C.A.}}","JournalTitle":"Bioinformatics","Title":"Functional classification of CATH superfamilies: A domain-based approach for protein function annotation","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1093/bioinformatics/btv398","Date":"2014-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947605491\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":50264,"ProfilePublicationId":12163,"ContributorName":"Orengo, C.A.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50263,"ProfilePublicationId":12163,"ContributorName":"Lees, J.G.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50262,"ProfilePublicationId":12163,"ContributorName":"Dawson, N.L.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50261,"ProfilePublicationId":12163,"ContributorName":"Sillitoe, I.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50260,"ProfilePublicationId":12163,"ContributorName":"Lee, D.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50259,"ProfilePublicationId":12163,"ContributorName":"Das, S.","CountributorRole":""}]}
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• {"ProfilePublicationId":12165,"Type":"journal-article","Citation":"@article{Das2012,title = {The chemical formula of a magnetotactic bacterium},journal = {Biotechnology and Bioengineering},year = {2012},volume = {109},number = {5},pages = {1205-1216},author = {Naresh, M. and Das, S. and Mishra, P. and Mittal, A.}}","JournalTitle":"Biotechnology and Bioengineering","Title":"The chemical formula of a magnetotactic bacterium","CitationType":"bibtex","DOI":"10.1002/bit.24403","Date":"2012-00-00","Url":"http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84858441418\u0026partnerID=MN8TOARS","PublicationContributors":[{"PublicationContributorId":50278,"ProfilePublicationId":12165,"ContributorName":"Mittal, A.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50277,"ProfilePublicationId":12165,"ContributorName":"Mishra, P.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50276,"ProfilePublicationId":12165,"ContributorName":"Das, S.","CountributorRole":""},{"PublicationContributorId":50275,"ProfilePublicationId":12165,"ContributorName":"Naresh, M.","CountributorRole":""}]}